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With Bloxels, you are the artist, the game designer, the storyteller,
the programmer, the publisher and the player. You are the 13-bit Builder.

The 13-bit Builder guidebook will help you learn the basics of building games with
Bloxels. You'll learn even more about how Bloxels works by experimenting and
building alongside our awesome Bloxels Builder app.

Get your brain ready. Download the app at BloxelsBuilder.com/download

and get on with the gaming.

Learn more about Ugly Sweater Kitty at BloxelsBuilder.com/uglysweaterkitty

 I L D Y O U R BUILD IT...
BU S E !
UN I V E R

TAKE WHATS IN
YOUR BRAIN...
PLAY IT WITH
 13 X 13 (X 13 X 13)
EXPLAINED
GAME Games are made
Layout up of 169 rooms
on a 13x13 grid.
ROOM
Layout
Rooms are
made up of
169 game
elements on
a 13x13 grid.

Terrain Hazard Coin Enemy Exploding Story Water Power-Up

Block Block Block Block Block Block Block Block

ART
Assets

Art can then be made

for each game element
using the 13x13 grid.
 BUILDING A LAYOUT ON THE GAMEBOARD
Building a layout for your game in Bloxels is easy! Follow these 8
steps to learn what the blocks do and how to use them. Youll be a
Bloxels mastermind before you know it!

1 TERRAIN BLOCKS 2 HAZARD BLOCKS

Use Green Terrain Red Hazard blocks
blocks as platforms will stop a hero in
to run and jump on. his tracks. Use them
Place them on the to make the game
Gameboard like this more challenging.
to get started. Place some on the
Gameboard like this.

3 COIN BLOCKS 4 WATER BLOCKS

A hero has to line Let your hero take
his pockets! Place a dip! Place the
some Yellow Coin Blue Water blocks
blocks in the in the game for
game like this to the hero to
grab some assets swim in. Be
you like off the careful! It will slow
Infinity Wall later. you down.
5 ENEMY BLOCKS 6 EXPLODING BLOCKS
Make your game Add some BANG! to
more fun by giving your game with the
the hero something Orange Exploding
to beat up on! Place blocks. Place a few
a couple of Purple to block off areas
Enemy blocks on that can only be
the Gameboard. reached by shooting
through them.

7 POWER-UP BLOCKS STORY BLOCKS

Give your hero White Story
temporary special Blocks allow you
abilities and to write dialog all
attacks. Place Pink through the game.
Power-up blocks on Place some and
the Gameboard to tell your story.
take things to the
next level.

DONT WORRY!
No need to fret if you are confused and dont know what to do with
all these blocks! Keep reading and youll learn how to configure
those power-ups, enemies and story blocks. Remember, Bloxels is all
about experimentation, so you cant really mess up!
CAPTURING THE GAMEBOARD
Its time to bring your layout into the Bloxels Builder app. Start a
new game in the Games Mode and follow these steps to capture
your Gameboard.

CAPTURE THE GAMEBOARD

AT AN ANGLE FOR THE
BEST RESULTS

Once you start a new

game, select the
highlighted room on
the map and tap the
capture button to
bring the Gameboard
you just made into
the app.
 After youve captured the Gameboard,
youll see it appear in the app next to
the capture window. This is where you
decide if it was captured correctly.
Then youll be given these options:

YES NO COLOR
Click to
proceed
Click to
capture
ADJUSTMENT
again Use to adjust
for your
rooms lighting

WHAT NOW ?
After you tap the green check
button, the Gameboard is placed
in the Bloxels Editor. From here
youll begin configuring enemies,
power-ups and story blocks.
Youll also begin decorating your
game. Keep turning to learn how
to do all of this cool stuff!
THE CONFIGURE MENU
Now that the room layout is complete, its time to add some action.
Use the configure menu in the Bloxels editor to define power-ups,
add action to enemies, and create a story throughout your game.

THESE BLOCK TYPES CAN BE CONFIGURED

ENEMIES

POWER
UPS
STORY
BLOCKS
 ADD SOME DEFINE THE
ENEMY ACTION! POWER-UPS
Once youre in the To pull up a menu of
configure menu tap options for the
the purple enemy power-ups, just tap a
block to choose how pink block and choose
you want it to behave. the one you want.

WALKER SENTRY BOMB MAP

FLYER MORE HEALTH SHRINK
TO COME
JET INVINCIBLE
PACK
MORE
TO COME
Story blocks are
also checkpoints.

MUSIC
CREATE A CHOICE
STORY Select from our
Place white story ever-expanding library
blocks throughout of music choices to
your game and start add a soundtrack to
telling a story. your game!
 COIN ENEMY

WATER
TERRAIN
POWER-UP EXPLODING
HAZARD BLOCK

STORY
BLOCK
DECORATING THE GAME
The Gameboard can also be used for creating the art that skins your
game. Weve included a 64-color palette in the app editor so you
can spice up your art after you capture it! Here are a few examples
to help you get started, but you can make it anything!

TERRAIN ART HAZARD ART

COIN ART POWER-UP ART

ENEMY ART WATER ART

EXPODING BLOCK ART STORY BLOCK ART

 ROOM BACKGROUNDS
Use the Gameboard or Bloxels
editor to create backgrounds for
each room of your game. Build an
underground dungeon, a city
street or even a living room for
Ugly Sweater Kitty! Customize
your game to be whatever you
want it to be. The possibilities are
only limited by your imagination.

GAME BACKGROUND
Far behind the room backgrounds
is where youll find the game
background. It creates the setting
for your entire world. Should it be
a sunny, blue sky? Maybe its
night-time? Or maybe its deep
within an alien space ship? You can
stitch together 169 Gameboards to
make it whatever you dream up!
KEEP READING TO
LEARN HOW TO
BUILD BACKGROUNDS!
 BUILDING A CHARACTER
Whats an adventure game without a hero? Create the star of your
game easily with the Bloxels Gameboard and the app editor. Its
easy! Just follow these steps to create Ugly Sweater Kitty.
Learn more about Ugly Sweater Kitty at BloxelsBuilder.com/uglysweaterkitty

Tap to start a new Now its time to create

1 character. A character 2 the walk animation for
is made up of 3 states: the hero. Animations
FRAME 1
Idle are built by stringing
Walk boards together as
Jump frames to create the
Each state is made up illusion of movement.
of an animation. Lets Ugly Sweater Kittys
start by tapping the walk animation is only
button to the 2 frames. Start by
right of the board. building and capturing
Frame 1.
FRAME 2
After Frame 1 has been captured, simply tap the
3 button on the right side of the frame to create
Frame 2. It will duplicate Frame 1, but dont worry
you will capture Frame 2 and it will override whats
there. Try that now.
 Now your heros walk state is
4 finished. Easy, huh? Try creating the
other 2 character states to complete
your hero. Once the hero is complete
its time to add him into your game
using the hero placement button in
the configure menu.
This is when the hero is
Idle standing still. Experiment Jump
with different, fun
actions like blinking eyes,
wagging tail or even
more complex anima-
tions like dancing or
tipping a hat.
CHECK OUT THAT
WAGGING TAIL!
A tip for creating a great
jump animation is to
duplicate the frames a few
times to make sure the
animation lasts for the
entire jump sequence. Try
different animations like
spinning, or flipping.

DID YOU KNOW ?

Many assets in the game can be animated.
Hazards, water and enemies look super
Use the Frames Per
cool when theyre moving. Experiment with
Second buttons to
animating random assets to add some
slow down or speed
excitement to your world!
up your animations.
 BUILDING BACKGROUNDS
The Game background sets the overall theme for your world. It
consists of 169 Gameboards stitched together to create one large
image. It can be as simple as a single color, or as complex as a
faraway mountain range.

In Background mode tap

the button to begin a
new background. Youll
then see a grid like this.
BREAK LARGE IMAGES ONTO
MULTIPLE BOARDS & THEN
Grab art from the Boards
PUT THEM TOGETHER IN THE
library to fill each grid
BACKGROUND CREATOR!
square and create the
entire background for
you world.
Now use that same idea to
construct the entire background.
When you finish it should look
something like this image to the
left. Pretty cool, huh?

GAME
BACKGROUND

The same idea can be applied to

room backgrounds. Use multiple
boards to create accent elements
throughout your level to make it
more interesting as well as help to
tell your story!

DOWNLOAD COOL
BACKGROUNDS FROM
ROOM OTHER USERS GAMES
BACKGROUND YOU PLAY ON THE
INFINITY WALL!
 PLAYING THE GAME
Playing a Bloxels game is pretty straight-forward, but heres a little
help to get started.

MOVE MOVE ATTACK JUMP

LEFT RIGHT

A B
TAP TWICE
FO DOUBLE JUMP
R

ATTACK JUMP
WITH WITH
POWER-UP POWER-UP
INVENTORY
PULL BUTTOTON
Tap the pause
button to pull up an
DOWN E
inventory of your ACTIVAT PS
collected power-ups POWER-U
to pick which ones
you want active.
HOLD THE DEVICE WITH BOTH
HANDS & USE YOUR THUMBS
TO CONTROL YOUR HERO.
 5,364
TOTAL
COINS
YOUR PLAYER
PROFILE

ACCESS
LIBRARY

THE INFINITY WALL

The Infinity Wall is where games, characters, animations, backgrounds
and even single boards are shared with the Bloxels community.
Upload your creations for others to buy with their coins, or use the
coins you earn to purchase other users artwork that you like.
* User must have a Bloxels account to access the Infinity Wall features.
 FEATURED
AREA
A constantly updated
area full of really
awesome stuff.

HELP
WARP CENTER
A one-stop-shop for
Type in specific
all of your questions.
coordinates to go
straight to a
specific square.

MENU
Quickly go from
place to place in
the app.
TIPS & TRICKS
THE GAMEBOARD
Stickers are cool, but please dont put them on
the front of the Gameboard - stickers on the
back are okay! If you need to clean your
Gameboard for any reason, you can clean it
with water and soap.

THE BLOCKS
The blocks should also be kept free of
stickers, paint, or dirt, and can be washed
with water and soap.

THE BOX
Keep the box! Its great for storing your blocks
and to empty your Gameboard without the
blocks flying all over the place. Dump them
into the top lid of the box. Easy!

* Colors and decorations may vary.

 PARENTS
First of all, we think youre rad for reading this. We hope youll become as
excited about Bloxels as we are. Rest assured, Bloxels is not just another video
game. Its a hands-on, brains-on, creativity-and-technology experience that
exercises both sides of your childs brain.

By starting the game building process with Bloxels colored blocks, kids are
challenged to put down their screens and think strategically. Each block has
many possibilities, so creating a game layout requires imagination and
calculation. Yet, Bloxels makes the process as simple as building with blocks.

Then there is the Play and Share experience although we think all of the
Bloxels experience counts as playing! In the Bloxels Builder app, kids can post
and share their games to the Infinity Wall* and even earn coins when others
download their creations. They can try to beat other players' games while at
the same time gaining new ideas and concepts to incorporate into their own
games. This makes the Bloxels experience rich, shareable and endlessly
exciting.

We know your child will have tons of fun playing with Bloxels. And we hope
you'll pick up a couple of blocks and get in the game too.

Best,
The Pixel Press Team
www.ProjectPixelPress.com

*Users must have a Bloxels account to access the Infinity Wall features. See app for account set up information.
Due to the nature of building a continuously evolving
creative experience, the information in this instruction
booklet is subject to change. For the most up to date
resources on Bloxels please visit our Explore Portal.

explore.BloxelsBuilder.com
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merging the physical and digital worlds, we develop
boundless experiences that empower people of all ages to
create, share and play.

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